General der Luftnachrichtentruppe Friedrich Fahnert (Luftwaffe)

SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: General der Luftnachrichtentruppe Friedrich Fahnert (Luftwaffe)

PW NO: 560264

RANK: General der Luftnachrichtentruppe

CAPTURED: Luebeck

DATE: 2 May 1945

PERSONAL

DATE OF BIRTH: 18 January 1879

PLACE OF BIRTH: Limbach in Sachsen

DATE OF DEATH: 10 June 1964

PLACE OF DEATH: Baden-Baden

NATIONALITY: German

RELIGION: Evangelical
OCCUPATION: Air Force Officer

HEIGHT: 5'7"

WEIGHT: 161 lbs
HAIR COLOUR: Grey

EYE COLOUR: Blue

NEXT OF KIN: Alice Fahnert, Baden-Baden (French Zone)

Promotions:

Fahnenjunker: 20 March 1900
Fähnrich: 22 November 1900
Leutnant: 28 August 1901 (Patent 25 August 1900)
Oberleutnant: 28 January 1909
Hauptmann: 1 October 1913
Major: 1 February 1923
Oberstleutnant: 1 November 1928
Oberst: 1 April 1931
Charakter als Generalmajor: 30 September 1932
Generalmajor: 1 April 1938 (RDA 1 April 1938)
Generalleutnant: 1 April 1940
General der Luftnachrichtentruppe: 1 April 1945

Commands & Assignments:

20 March 1900-11 September 1904: Fahnenjunker and Company Officer in Eisenbahn [Railway]-Regiment 2, Berlin; detached to War School Metz, 1900-1901.
12 September 1904-30 June 1907: Transferred to the Imperial Schutztruppe [Protection Troops] in German Southwest Africa.
1 July 1907-30 September 1907: Company Officer, Railway Regiment 2, Berlin.
1 October 1907-27 March 1909: Transferred to the Military Technical Academy, Berlin.
28 March 1909-28 February 1913: Assigned to Telegraph Battalion 1, Berlin.
1 October 1910-30 September 1911: Detached to the Royal Saxon 1. Husaren-Regiment “König Albert” Nr. 18.
1 March 1913-30 September 1913: Command Leader at the Military Flying School Halberstadt. [A pre-World War I flyer, Fahnert received Pilot’s License No. 413 on 27 May 1913.]
1 October 1913-31 July 1914: Company Chief in Telegraph Battalion 7.
1 August 1914-13 September 1914: Commander of Fliegerersatz-Abteilung [Flying Replacement Detachment] 1.
14 September 1914-28 August 1915: Commander of Feldflieger-Abteilung [Field Flying Detachment] 32.
29 August 1915-28 February 1916: Commander of Feldflieger-Abteilung 21.
1 March 1916-30 November 1916: Staff Aviation Officer on the General Staff of Army Detachment “Scholtz.”
1 December 1916-31 October 1917: Commander of the Flight Communications and Radio Operator Detachment in the Inspectorate of Flying Troops.
1 November 1917-18 August 1918: Detachment Commander, Army Air Park 11.
19 August 1918-1 September 1918: Detachment Commander, Army Air Park 5.
2 September 1918-31 October 1918: Company and Deputy Battalion Commander in 2. Ober-elsässiches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 171.
1 November 1918-31 December 1918: Battalion Commander in Infantry Regiment 171.
1 January 1919-31 May 1919: Company Commander in II. Landesschützen-Abteilung.
1 June 1919-30 September 1919: Commander of Grenzschutz [Border Defense] Signals Battalion 28.
1 October 1919-31 January 1919: Commander of the Saxon Grenzschutz Infantry Battalion.
1 November 1919-31 December 1920: Commander of Grenzschutz Signals Battalion 19.
1 January 1921-30 September 1923: Staff Officer for Signals on the staff of the 4^th Division, Dresden.
1 October 1923-31 March 1927: Consultant to the Inspectorate of Signals Troops/Reich War Ministry.
1 April 1927-31 January 1930: Commander of Signal Battalion 4, Dresden.
1 February 1930-30 September 1932: On the staff of Group Command 1, Berlin and, at the same time, Liaison Officer to the Reichspost-Central Office.
30 September 1932: Separated from the Army.
1 January 1933-30 September 1933: Returned to Army service as a Grenzschutz specialist to the Fortress Commandant of Glogau.
1 October 1933-31 July 1936: Grenzschutz specialist on the staff of the 2^nd Cavalry Division and also to General Command VIII Army Corps.
1 August 1936: Transferred from the Army to the Luftwaffe.
1 August 1936-30 September 1938: Air Signals Instructor at the Air War Academy, Berlin.
1 March 1938-31 January 1939: At the same time, delegated with the temporary post of Inspector of Air Signals/L In 7/Reich Air Ministry.
1 October 1938-30 April 1939: Higher Commander for Air Signals Schools, Berlin.
1 May 1939-26 September 1940: Higher Commander for Air Signals Training Regiments, Berlin.
27 May 1940-30 September 1942: Higher Signals Leader, Luftflotte [Air Fleet] 1, France.
1 October 1942-20 September 1944: Commander of the Air Signals Training Division, France.
20 September 1944-31 January 1945: Commander of the Air Signals Training and Replacement Division, Berlin.
1 February 1945-2 May 1945: Higher Commander of the Air Signals Instruction Staff, Halle/Saale.
2 May 1945-5 December 1947: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
- 9th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
- 25th November 1947 repatriated